EP0440006A1 - Méthode et dispositif d'alimentation en courant continu d'une ligne téléphonique - Google Patents

Méthode et dispositif d'alimentation en courant continu d'une ligne téléphonique Download PDF

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EP0440006A1
EP0440006A1 EP90850396A EP90850396A EP0440006A1 EP 0440006 A1 EP0440006 A1 EP 0440006A1 EP 90850396 A EP90850396 A EP 90850396A EP 90850396 A EP90850396 A EP 90850396A EP 0440006 A1 EP0440006 A1 EP 0440006A1
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Bengt Gustav Löfmark
Jan Ored Hakan Oredsson
Claes Johan Anders Lindberg
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    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M19/00—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems
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    • H04M19/001—Current supply source at the exchanger providing current to substations
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  • the present invention relates to the supply of direct current to a telephone line in a telecommunication system. More particarly, but not exclusively, the invention relates to a method and an arrangement for varying the current supply characteristic within the framework of a given pattern by programming.
  • a SLIC-circuit Subscriber Line Interface Circuit
  • Current supply is achieved in the SLIC-circuit with the aid of an electronic control system, which detects the line voltage and delivers a corresponding line current. In this way it is possible to imitate the function of a conventional, resistively supplied system, although constant current supply can also be achieved.
  • the supply resistance, and therewith also the supply current can be determined through the selection of external resistors.
  • the current supply function of an SLIC-circuit of known kind is found described in Ericsson Review No. 4, 1983.
  • the line circuit BIMOS Line Interface Circuit (BLIC) found described in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol Sc-21, No. 2, April 1986 pages 252-258.
  • the line circuit includes a DC-loop operative to supply direct current to a corresponding telephone line.
  • the line circuit (BLIC) operates in the opposite manner to the aforesaid SLIC-circuit, since it senses line current and supplies line voltage.
  • FIG. 1 Also known to the prior art is a feedback loop for the supply of direct current in a MALC-system. This system is described in MOTOROLA, Technical Developments, Volume 7, October 1987, pages 77-79.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the circuit with which the supply characteristic illustrated in Figure 1 is obtained.
  • the parameters V F , R F and I F are programmable.
  • the primary drawback with the SLIC-circuit is that the supply characteristic cannot be programmed. Consequently, when delivering SLIC-circuits to different countries, it is necessary to produce different circuits for countries in which different requirements of current supply characteristics prevail.
  • the circuits are different, inter alia, because the resistor R3, which is connected externally, varies.
  • a further drawback with the SLIC-circuit is that the equivalent inductance of the circuit is not constant when the current supply resistance varies. This means that the reaction times of the current supply loop are dependent on the current supply characteristic and can be unfavourably long in certain instances.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a direct current supply circuit which detects line voltage and supplies line current, and the current supply characteristic of which is suitable for supplying direct current to the subscriber line, while enabling the current supply to be varied by programming.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a current supply circuit having short reaction times, so that the circuit is able to react quickly to a change in line voltage, by changing the line current in a corresponding manner.
  • the desired functions of the direct current supply are obtained with the inventive method and the inventive current supply circuit.
  • the circuit includes a voltage converter for detection and level-adjustment of the line voltage, a lowpass filter which comprises a capacitor and intended to filter-off speech signals, a buffer amplifier connected to the lowpass filter, and a resistor connected to the output of said amplifier.
  • the output voltage from the buffer amplifier delivers current through the resistor to a current amplifier, which supplies the actual line current.
  • Programming of the current supply characteristic is achieved by arranging a first resistive component having a programmable resistance substantially in parallel with the capacitor in the lowpass filter.
  • a voltage limiting element having a programmable reference voltage is also connected in series with a second resistive component having a programmable resistance, which are arranged substantially parallel with said capacitor.
  • a current generator is also arranged substantially in parallel with the capacitor. The generator generates a current having a programmable direction and optionally also a programmable magnitude.
  • the current supply characteristic according to the present invention includes four programmable parameters.
  • the first of these parameters is the supply resistance to low line currents
  • the second is an interruption point at which current limitation occurs
  • the third is the supply resistance of the circuit at current limitation
  • the fourth is the open circuit voltage of the circuit, wherein the polarity of the idling voltage can be programmed and optionally also its size.
  • these four parameters are programmed with the aid of said programmable components. Because all changes in the current supply characteristic are effected as a shunt coupling of the capacitor included in the lowpass filter, the equivalent inductance of the current supply circuit, seen from the line side, will be constant, independently of both the current supply characteristic and the operation point.
  • the advantage afforded by the constant inductance is that the reaction time of the current supply loop will be short. A constant inductance is obtained because the amplification-bandwidth-product in the current supply circuit becomes constant when shunt coupling the capacitor.
  • the advantage afforded when the current supply characteristic can be programmed is that one and the same circuit can be manufactured for different countries in which different requirements on current supply characteristic prevail.
  • the desired current supply characteristic can then be programmed, for instance in conjunction with an operational start.
  • the inventive current supply characteristic has advantages over the characteristic in the MALC-system.
  • the inventive circuit does not generate a constant line voltage and consequently does not have infinite amplification, therewith avoiding stability problems. Instead, there is used in accordance with the invention a negative resistance wherewith a sufficiently low current supply resistance is generated for the voltage drop to be practically negligible.
  • the current supply will always have a resistive character, even with current limitation.
  • the responsiveness to tolerances in the components is smaller compared with the d.c. supply circuit of the MALC-system. This is because the inventive circuit, in a fundamental state, in which the first and the second resistive components are infinitely large, has a d.c. voltage amplification through the lowpass filter and buffer amplifier which is identical to one, whereas corresponding amplification in the realization with the transconductance amplifier is determined by the quotient between two resistances and is thus determined by the tolerances thereof.
  • Figure 1 illustrates an inventive current supply circuit
  • Figure 2 illustrates the supply characteristic of the current supply circuit
  • Figure 1 illustrates the inventive direct current supply circuit.
  • This circuit is connected to a telephone line ab for supplying direct current thereto, said circuit detecting the line voltage U ab and, via a feedback loop, supplying corresponding line current I ab in accordance with a preprogrammed direct current supply characteristic.
  • the circuit includes a more high-voltage part 1 and a second more low-voltage part 2, in which programming of the current supply characteristic takes place.
  • a voltage converter 3 in the more high-voltage part 1 is connected to the telephone line ab for the purpose of detecting line voltage U ab .
  • the line voltage U ab is adapted in the voltage converter 3 to a lower voltage level capable of being handled in the more low-voltage part 2, in which programming of the current supply characteristic takes place.
  • the current converter 3 delivers across its output to the low-voltage part a voltage which corresponds to the line voltage multiplied by a conversion factor G dc which is much smaller than one.
  • the output voltage U out from said more low-voltage part supplies current I dc to a current amplifier 4, via a resistor R dc , which amplifies the current I dc with a factor G i and supplies the actual line current I ab .
  • the voltage converter 3 and the current amplifier 4 in the more high-voltage part 1 are included in the aforementioned SLIC-circuit.
  • the more low-voltage part includes a lowpass filter 5 comprising an RC-circuit.
  • the function of the lowpass filter is to block signals at speech frequency.
  • the lowpass filter 5 includes a first and a second resistor R1, R2 and a capacitor C1.
  • the second resistor R2 is much more low-ohmic than the first resistor R1 and may optionally be zero ohm.
  • One terminal of the first resistor R1 is connected to the output of the voltage converter 3 and the other terminal is connected to one terminal of the second resistor R2.
  • One terminal of the capacitor C1 is connected to the other terminal of the second resistor R2. Also connected to this latter terminal is the input of a buffer amplifier 6.
  • the output of the buffer amplifier 6 is connected to said resistor R dc .
  • the function of the buffer amplifier 6 is to form a buffer between the more low-voltage part 2 and the resistor R dc , so that said resistor will not be loaded to a greater extent than the more low-voltage part 2.
  • the output voltage U out from the buffer amplifier 6 supplies current to the current amplifier 4, through the resistor R dc .
  • the more low-voltage part 2 forms, together with the resistor R dc said feedback loop.
  • All influence of the current supply characteristic takes place between a first node P1, between the first and the second resistor R1, R2, and a second node P2 at the other connection of the capacitor C1, i.e. substantially parallel with said capacitor.
  • Four components are responsible for variation of the current supply characteristic, these components being a first resistive component R A having programmable resistance, a second resistive component R B having programmable resistance, a voltage limiting element 7 having a programmable reference voltage, and a current circuit 8 which generates a generator current I in a programmable direction or sense, and optionally also a programmable magnitude.
  • the first resistive component R A is connected between said first and second nodes P1, P2.
  • the second resistive component R B is connected between said first node P1 and the one connection of the voltage limiting element 7.
  • the other connection on the voltage limiting element is connected to the second node P2.
  • the current circuit 8 is connected between said first and said second nodes P1, P2, in order to generate said generator current I which determines the open circuit voltage E of the current supply circuit.
  • the voltage E is a function of said current I, the first resistor R1 in the lowpass filter 5 and the conversion factor G dc in the voltage converter 3, .
  • the current direction determines the polarity of the voltage.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the current supply characteristic which can be obtained with the described circuit.
  • the Figure also indicates how the characteristic can be changed with the aid of the earlier mentioned programmable components in the move low-voltage part 2 of the current supply circuit.
  • the current supply characteristic in Figure 2 shows the line current I ab as a function of the line voltage U ab .
  • the appearance of the characteristic depends on the supply resistance R feed of the current supply circuit (internal resistance) which can be varied by varying the aforesaid variable parameters.
  • I ab (R feed , U ab )
  • the supply resistance is determined by the conversion factor G dc , the current amplification factor G i and the resistance R dc , .
  • the resistive components R A , R B have resistance values which can be used in practice, so that these will also determine the circuit supply resistance.
  • the characteristic exhibits two mutually connected lines, a first line A and a second line AB.
  • the lines A, AB illustrate that the circuit has different supply resistance, depending on the line voltage U ab , by the fact that the magnitude of the supply resistance is corresponded by the slope of the lines and by the fact that the lines shown in the Figure have different slopes.
  • the circuit supply resistance to line currents I ab is smaller than a limit line current I lim determined by the first resistive component R A , .
  • the circuit supply resistance also includes the supply resistance in the fundamental state, although this is ignored because it is constant.
  • the slope of the first line A denotes the circuit supply resistance for the lower current region I ab ⁇ I lim .
  • the size of the slope is corresponded by the inverted value of the supply resistance, wherein a large slope (almost vertical) will thus indicate low-ohmic supply resistance.
  • the first resistive component R A is a resistor.
  • the current supply to the telephone line ab will be more high-ohmic than in the fundamental state. This resistance can be given different values, by program control.
  • the resistive component R A is a string of silicon-integrated resistances, where the desired resistance is obtained with the aid of transistors. As beforementioned, different values give different supply resistances and therewith impart different slopes to the first line A. If the first resistive component R A is low-ohmic, the supply resistance will be high-ohmic and the first line A will have a gentler or small slope, whereas if the component R A is high-ohmic, the supply resistance will be low-ohmic and the line A will have a steep or large slope.
  • the line A is almost perpendicular
  • the first resistive component R A from a negative resistance, generated with the aid of a resistor in combination with a positive or negative feedback amplifier.
  • the resistor is connected between the input and the output of the feedback amplifier.
  • Different values of the negative resistance are obtained by varying the amplifier feedback, which can also be program controlled.
  • the limit line current I lim is corresponded by a limit voltage U lim .
  • the circuit supply resistance is controlled between the open circuit voltage E and said limit voltage U lim by the first resistive component R A .
  • the voltage limiting element 7 functions to limit current at line currents which are higher than the limit current I lim , so that the line current I ab in said upper current interval will increase at a slower rate than in the lower current interval.
  • the voltage limiting element 7 consists, for instance, of a negative feedback comparator, the reference voltage of which, which is program controlled, determines the limit current I lim at which current limitation occurs.
  • the reference voltage can be programmed, by applying a programmable current to a resistor. When the voltage on the comparator input, at a third node P3 inbetween the second resistive component R B and the voltage limiter 7, reaches the programmed reference voltage, the voltage is unable to increase further, but instead passes a current through the comparator.
  • This current passing through the comparator also flows through the second resistive component R B , which therewith also determines the circuit supply resistance, which therewith increases so that said current limitation occurs.
  • the first resistive component R A parallel with the second resistive component R B determines the supply resistance of the circuit at said current limitation, i.e. at line currents which exceed the limit current I lim .
  • the decrease in the slope of the second line AB in Figure 2 shows that the circuit supply resistance will increase with current limitation.
  • the second resistive component R B can be varied by programming, so that the slope of the line AB, and thereby the supply resistance of the current at current limitation, is varied.
  • the aforesaid second component R B may comprise, for instance, the same type of component as that used for the first resistive component R A , when this is positive.
  • the current supply circuit includes a lowpass filter 5
  • the impedance consists of the earlier mentioned supply resistance R feed in series with an inductance L feed .
  • the reactive element in the lowpass filter is a capacitor C1.
  • the first resistive component R A is a linear shunt to said capacitor, whereas the second resistive component R B is a non-linear shunt to the same capacitor. Since all changes in the current supply characteristic, both linear and non-linear, are reflected by shunt-coupling of this capacitor, the equivalent inductance, seen from the line side ab, will be constant, independently of both current supply characteristic and operation point. This is achieved because the product of the amplification and bandwidth in the circuit is constant at said shunt coupling to the capacitor.
  • the impedance includes an inductance is due to the fact that the circuit between the line ab and the two first nodes P1, P2 can be considered as a gyrator which transforms current to voltage and vice versa.
  • a current in the section between the nodes P1, P2 will thus correspond to a voltage on the line ab (the generator current I determines the idling voltage E) and a voltage corresponds to a line current I ab (the voltage limiting element 7 results in current limitation on the line ab).
  • a shunt-connected resistance therewith transforms to a series resistance on the line and, in the same way, the parallel capacitance C1 is transformed to a series inductance L feed .

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